emachine monitor

[newtonetwork]

I've just connected an eView 15p monitor to my Gateway PII 266 computer. The video works during the boot-up, but shortly after the WIN 98 screen appears, the screen goes blank and stays that way. I tried re-installing the driver for the monitor, but the WIN98 detected a 15" Plug & Play monitor that doesn't work. I tried locating a driver from the original emachine recovery CD with no luck. Tried searching this site and google for answers. Any ideas?

[leo259]

you may want tocheck that plug and play devices are active in your system bios

[JPMiller]

Is it possible that the resolution settings that were set before you hooked up the monitor were higher than what that monitor can handle?
I have run into this when I set up or repaired someones computer using my 19" monitor and setting the resolution higher for my monitor and then taking it back to them and hooking it up to their 15 or 17 inch and not being able to get signal once windows loads...
I may have misread your problem but this is what it made me think of...

[elroy]

FYI, I've never used any driver for a monitor other than the monitor.inf that is in Windows. This is over a period of 10+ years and many brands of monitors from 14" to 17" and all versions of Windows from 3.1 to Win2k.

[newtonetwork]

Thanks, I'll not pursue the driver avenue any longer. I'm thinking that the resolution may be set too high on the computer for the monitor to handle, that sounds the most likely. Have to check it when I get home.
Thanks again.
P. S., Plug & Play was set properly in BIOS

[sfw1960]

well ,if so hold down F8 & change it whilst in safe mode....
Also , *might* have to back down color from 32 bpp too...
As usual , JPM is probably right...
AGAIN!!!!

[MitaDC]

I would say resolution is too high, I have actually run into that problem while installing XP b4 and had to grab another monitor b4 I could finish, just hook up another monitor and then turn down the resolution and then hook the other one back up.